Bauchi State Government has announced that all commercial sex workers operating in the state would be profiled and sent back to their various states of origin.
Bauchi State Permanent Commissioner in charge of Hisbah in the Sharia Commission, Aminu Balarabe Isah, revealed this at a pre-Ramadan sensitization workshop held at Bayan Gari Area, a suburb of the state metropolis.
Isah stated that before their repatriation, the commission will take their data through a headcount of all the commercial sex workers operating in the state.
According to him, the repatriation, which would be done in collaboration with their various states and local government areas, would enable the sex workers get a more decent source of livelihood.
He said, “We’re not here to arrest you but rather to help and repatriate you to your various local government areas and states of origin so that you can engage yourselves in a meaningful and decent life.”
Isah added that some of them, who are indigenes of Bauchi State, would get suitable spouses, Hisbah would help in marrying them off and provide them with all the necessary marital beddings, furniture, etc.
He said, “The recent interview conducted by his office on some of the commercial sex workers has made them to realize that some of them are into the indecent trade due to maltreatments from their stepmothers, poverty and illiteracy.
“We also discovered that others were forced into the act by the activities of their co-wives.”
Speaking on behalf of other participants, Hafsatu Azare, who commended Hisbah for organizing the workshop which she termed as “educative and beneficial” promised that if the government would help them with a better source of livelihood, then they would quit this indecent living.
Azare stated that their lives are always endangered as a result of what they do, which is immoral, ungodly and capable of exposing them to untold hardships and experiences, adding that their health is also being endangered.
